submitted by Rebecca Larocque It seems that each year our troop takes on additional younger girls. Siblings or friends, or that single left without a troop, I can’t say no. It was during my second year as a leader that they introduced Journeys. Many at our service unit said “No Way, these are … [Read more...] about Princess Petals: A Leaders Journey Through a Scout Year
Cadette Special Agent Badge- Crime Scene Investigation
submitted by Denise Raich One of the badges that my Cadettes had been wanting to earn is the Special Agent badge. Being in Law Enforcement, I have fingerprinted several subjects over the years and was excited for this badge also. I purchased the Special Agent Badge In A Bag® from … [Read more...] about Cadette Special Agent Badge- Crime Scene Investigation
Blood Drive Bronze Award Project
submitted by Kara Shuemaker We completed the Agent of Change Journey and the girls learned how “the power of one, the power of teams, and the power of community” all work together. The girls were struggling with a decision to either host a blood drive to ease the high demand for blood or to have … [Read more...] about Blood Drive Bronze Award Project
Operation Education: Bronze Award Project
submitted by Kelly Prescot, Troop 5563 Operation Education: Troop 5563's Bronze Award Project We started our project soon after the completion of our Journey on January 18, 2014. We finished the Agent of Change Journey. It was good for us because we learned how we can make changes by working … [Read more...] about Operation Education: Bronze Award Project
Daisy Leader Recruiting New Girls
Recruiting Daisies for Our New Troop Guest post from Staci Jansma At the beginning, the first meeting we had planned was recruitment night. We were a young, new daisy troop. So far we had my daughter as a Girl Scout member when school began just about a year ago. We utilized the Bee a Buddy … [Read more...] about Daisy Leader Recruiting New Girls
Flat Savannah Summer Journey
Submitted by Barbara Molony Troop 70135 Brownie Troop 70135 used the Brownie Friends patterns from Makingfriends to create a summer project that was a great hit with the girls. Each girl received the printed pages for dolls, outfits and hair, as well as clear contact paper to protect them and … [Read more...] about Flat Savannah Summer Journey
Animal Habitats Badge
Submitted by Troop 434, Leader Benjamin Kanten My Juniors love animals. So I knew that earning the Animal Habitats badge would be a priority for them. As luck would have it, another Junior troop in our service unit planned to do an overnight event at a zoo in a nearby city. Great! Less work for … [Read more...] about Animal Habitats Badge
Earn The 5 Flowers, 4 Stories, 3 Cheers for Animals Journey In-A-Day
submitted by Staci Jansma During our first year as Daisies, we completed the 3 Cheers for Animals journey-in-a-day as our Daisy Days event. We wanted to give the girls a goal to complete for that day and we selected this journey as the leaders who knew their troops could attend, haven’t started … [Read more...] about Earn The 5 Flowers, 4 Stories, 3 Cheers for Animals Journey In-A-Day